By Mark Vester
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Derek Chisora is backing 2000 Olympic gold medal winner Audley Harrison to unseat WBA heavyweight champion David Haye on November 13 in Manchester, England. Chisora, the likely next opponent for Wladimir Klitschko on December 11, says Harrison is more focused and has the edge in hunger to win the title. He doesn't think Haye's heart and head is into this fight.
"I know both fighters and I've seen Audley Harrison fight and I've seen David Haye fight and I'd put my money on Audley - because he's got the eye of the tiger," said Chisora to Sky Sports. "He wants it more than David. David Haye didn't want this fight, he's the champion, but I don't think he wants to fight any more."
"I think he wanted to be champion and prove to the people, but I don't think he wants to fight - but Audley does and I think he will put it on him."
Chisora is not alone. Heavyweight Martin Rogan, who beat Harrison in June 2008, is also picking the upset. If there is one thing that Audley has, it's power. Rogan thinks Harrison has enough motivation to check Haye's chin.
"His dream of the last 10 years of wanting to become a world champion has finally come and David, as powerful as he is, is suspect," Rogan said. "Anybody who gets hit is going to go down but Audley has this amazing left hand - as he's proved in Prizefighter - and he can sting, and if he stings you go down and don't get back up.
"As Derek says, he's got the eye of the tiger, he's got that fight in his eyes that this is his chance. He can't blow it this time, there's no second chances this time; he has to do it now or he has to finish it off and pack it in."
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